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25th Knesset · outgoing

Disabled Persons Law (Benefits and Rehabilitation) (Amendment – Aid to a Family Member of a Disabled Person with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק הנכים (תגמולים ושיקום) (תיקון - סיוע לבן משפחה של נכה עם הפרעה בתר-חבלתית)

TL;DRA bill to add eligibility for special and mental health assistance for family members (child, wife, parent) of a disabled person with post-traumatic stress disorder and a disability rating of at least 30%.

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What does the bill do?

The bill sets an amendment to the Disabled Persons (Pensions and Rehabilitation) Law under which a family member of a disabled person with post-traumatic stress disorder is defined as eligible for special assistance and mental health assistance, provided that the disabled person's disability rating is at least 30%, as the Minister of Defense will determine. A family member is defined as a child, wife or parent of the disabled person. The bill emphasizes that post-traumatic stress disorder affects not only the disabled person themselves but also their closest relatives, and this bill is meant to give a legal answer to these cases of harm to life and to quality of life.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: March 6, 2024

The votes on this bill

Rejected32 for · 46 against · 0 abstained · 42 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 72 seats

LikudAgainst 22 · Absent 10
ShasAgainst 9 · Absent 2
United Torah JudaismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Religious ZionismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Otzma YehuditAgainst 5 · Absent 1
NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 48 seats

Yesh AtidFor 21 · Absent 3
Yisrael BeytenuFor 4 · Absent 2
Ra'amFor 4 · Absent 1
Hadash–Ta'alFor 2 · Absent 3
LaborFor 1 · Absent 3

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